https://lennart.audio/home daily 1.0 2022-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/a78d2549-5ee1-48c7-9a30-a43503156f57/Lennart+head.jpg Home Our mission is helping audio engineers reach confidence in the translation of their creations. After years of experience in tuning and improving existing speaker setups we’ve combined a lot of their strengths and tried to overcome some weaknesses in a design that’s modular and comes in familiar 19” rack sizes. The Quasar System embodies the journey towards a monitoring setup that’s least sounding like a speaker. https://lennart.audio/the-journey daily 0.75 2022-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/1633102424842-X1CFYNCQBG6XDREDR8DF/Studioproto01B.JPG The Journey - Faux Coax The prototype at the beginning of the journey to the Quasar system. The speed of these mid and high drivers got us looking for more. White Sea Studio had a lot of fun with this pair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/1633102267292-7DI2P36XBY30XZFBKMQK/Studioproto02.JPG The Journey - More isn’t always better… The semi-coax system was so convincing it was logical to test what would happen with more mid drivers and different tweeter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/1633103105663-NXY5B8BPTCNW6DACF374/Studioproto02B.JPG The Journey - Point your barrel The strong point of the semi concentric setup was definitely it’s tight controlled coverage with a very clever coupling of the drivers. In listening tests and through multiple iterations we found however this setup wasn’t able to provide an even coverage angle over the whole spectrum. The impulse behaviour and output of this setup was truly amazing; but this drawback left us looking for a different solution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/1633106429477-0D265SVFYHF7O5G157BS/Studioproto05.JPG The Journey - Stay in line To get a more even coverage we’ve tried several setups where the mid and high drivers were situated in a line. We needed the output of two midrange drivers (planar magnetic in this case) but couldn’t live with the vertical beaming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/1633107859353-OHWGA6M1XRD3K3OIU2PJ/IMG_0647.jpeg The Journey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/1633110541742-GC1MRW7XL0SBMVDBL1ZC/Sub.jpg The Journey - Size does matter… After various tries this 15” ALU cone matches best in ultra low end extension and high speed bass. https://lennart.audio/contact daily 0.75 2022-01-08 https://lennart.audio/specifications daily 0.75 2022-01-14 https://lennart.audio/imp-classics daily 0.75 2022-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/1633027740178-DDS0M8JHATZZ16WX3MB5/IMG_9391.JPG Improving the classics - Fresh Amps and 21st century DSP power! Many times huge improvements can be made to an existing monitoring setup, keeping the same appearance while updating the precision and usability. The Quested speakers at Bullet Sound Studio could use some love and a total checkup including new amps and using the possibilities of modern DSP power. At less than a third of the original occupied rack space this system saves a lot of room and power as well, aside from the sound benefits. Now the OCTA-AMP delivers 8 x 750W to the system at just three units rackspace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/1633262888474-U395IX3XQ0YT2R2I20WT/PMC%2Bmod%2BSVS001.jpg Improving the classics The original crossover was replaced by passive impedance correction electronics inside the cabinet. The system is also powered by the OCTA-AMP; actively crossed and time corrected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/35c4f2f0-a55b-47af-a2bc-2936c35f0b30/Tannoy+MOD+back+edit.png Improving the classics - Active beasts These iconic speakers now have 4 x 750W of power, impedance corrections and a hugely improved impulse behaviour by time correcting the speakers individually. Now living at Slapback; Daan Scholten’s Studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/1633261300827-1JP73H996OX4UAARPRH4/IMG_6450.JPG Improving the classics - The classics on steroids: ATC SCM200 Modified with extra matching SUBS and planar magnetic tweeters. They are still in use with us as a reference for comparing new designs and concepts. https://lennart.audio/design-philosophy daily 0.75 2022-01-14 https://lennart.audio/quasar daily 0.75 2022-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61029119fc51a43fc6ca093a/205a33d2-2f9e-46d0-bb9b-dce06ccc6644/Nw+studio+Quasar+quasartext3.png Quasar - It’s about time…